Houseparty - What is it and how it can help you stay socially connected - Android
Stuck at home? It can get lonely, making chatting and social networks services important for human interaction. Skype, Messenger, Hangouts, Duo, and all the others work great, but another app is quickly gaining popularity. Let’s talk about Houseparty!
Houseparty is a video chat application that gets rid of all the bells and whistles you find in competing services. Instead of complicated menus and a plethora of features, Houseparty’s main lure is spontaneity. Once people start a video chat friends can jump in and out of these “house parties” to join the conversation.
We associate the experience to something like working in an office, co-working space, or any other social environments. People are going around having water cooler conversations as the day progresses, which makes dealing with responsibilities much more bearable.
Video quality is pretty good, and we haven’t had any troubles with picture or audio during our testing. This was surprising considering Houseparty is meant to be such a casual and laid back video calling service. I’ve seen advanced video calling apps with worse video and audio quality than Houseparty!
I've seen advanced video calling apps show less quality video and audio than Houseparty!
Edgar Cervantes
We know signing up for yet another online service can be painful. Thankfully, Houseparty has no dress codes or RSVP list, and signing up is a breeze. First things first: download the app or use the Chrome web app.
Download Houseparty app:
After downloading your app of choice you need to go through the sign-up process. This requires picking a username and providing your name, email, and birthday. You must also create a password and sometimes verify your identity with a phone number (depends on which app you use).
With your account created and the necessary app installed, you can now start looking for friends. You can simply tap the smiley face on the top-left corner of the UI. Select Add Friends. You can also hit the + button on the top-right corner.
Finding all your friends won’t be too complicated given you can link your Houseparty account to Facebook and Snapchat to pull your contacts from those social networks. Alternatively, you can search from your phone’s contacts, browse nearby people, or search by name. When these options aren’t enough, you can copy your profile link and share it with whoever you want, in any way you prefer.
Now you are ready to host a video chat. Go put your nice clothes on and come back to get this party started. To start a video chat on Houseparty you must open the app. Seriously, that’s it! Your device’s camera and microphone will become activated as soon as the app opens and people can join in at will.
You can also press the phone icon next to whichever contact you want to talk to. Either that or send them a wave to get their attention and see if they are available.
Houseparty is all about simplicity, so there isn’t much to do other than have group video calls. Extra features are few, but they are pretty entertaining.
This stops people from joining your party. Things can get too crowded sometimes!
Got nothing to talk about? Houseparty features a few games. These include Heads Up!, Trivia, Chips and Guac, and Quick Draw!.
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